Ampezzo
Ampezzo ( Friulian: Dimpeç, German: Petsch ) is a municipality with 1021 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Udine, region Friuli- Venezia Giulia. In Ampezzo, as everywhere else in Carnia ( Carnia ), spoken Friulian.
The village lies at an altitude of 560 m above sea level. The area of the municipality covers 73.61 km ².
History
The area belonged to the early Middle Ages to the Lombard Duchy of Friuli. 762 the village was first mentioned. Shortly thereafter was the rule change by the Lombards to the Franks, and Carnia belonged to the kingdom of Charlemagne on. In the 10th century it was part of the Duchy of Bavaria. Under Emperor Henry IV, it became part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia prince within the Holy Roman Empire. When the Venetians in 1420 Friuli conquered, even Ampezzo came to the Maritime Republic of Venice. With the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte transferred control of Venetia to the House of Habsburg, and thus to Austria. As part of the Italian unification ( Risorgimento ) came in 1866 Veneto (and thus Carnia with Ampezzo ) to Italy. In the First World War was Friuli and thus Ampezzo 1917/18, occupied between the Battle of Caporetto and the Third Piaveschlacht, by Austrian troops. After the fall of Mussolini in 1943 and the occupation of Italy by German troops Ampezzo was the province of Udine, part of Operation Zone Adriatic Littoral. The region has a resistance of the partisans suggested. On September 26, 1944 a company controlled by guerrilla zone was proclaimed in Ampezzo with the Zona Libera della Carnia e del Friuli, which could be three months claim against German troops and Italian units of the fascist Italian Social Republic.
Attractions
- Church of San Daniele (built ~ 1900)
- Geological Museum of Carnia
- Art Gallery of Marco Davanzo
- Museo della Repubblica Partigiana ( Partisan Museum ).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marco Davanzo, painter